Preparing
for the Jizos for Peace Pilgrimage
by Rev. Yuko Krieger
Great Vow Zen Monastery, Clatskanie, Oregon
This
August, thirty five Western Buddhists from the United States,
Canada and Germany traveled to Japan on pilgrimage for the
sixtieth anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki. The pilgrimage was the culmination of an over two-year
effort to gather 270,000 images of Jizo Boddhisattva to bring
to Japan as a peace offering. The images of Jizo, many of
which were drawn of cloth and sewn into quilts and peace flags,
were contributed by people from every state within the United
States, from many other countries of the world, and each continent.
By the time the pilgrims left on their journey, the number
of Jizos totaled nearly 500,000.
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